Juicing, baby.

Magic detoxes are so much fun, especially juice detoxes that deny your body many essential nutrients like Protein and fat. Congrats on your new "healthy" lifestyle.

Rigger

Did you have anything positive to add, or are you entirely satisfied with being sarcastic and condescending? I see that you've dropped 61 pounds, which is amazing. Wouldn't you rather give me a good idea based on your experience?

Please don't take this sort of thing personally. People pursue some very unhealthy things in the name of detoxing or losing weight. Some people have better tact than others.

You posted a clarification which indicates that you will be pursuing a healthy diet. It sounds like your juicing + plant-based solids (fiber's important not to mention protein) along with water will convey to you all of the nutrients that you need for health and nothing artificial, which you wish to avoid.

^this.

Good to hear you are open to other opinions on this. Most of these thread the OP get defensive and it goes very badly. There is nothing wrong with juicing to get nutrients but there is also nothing detoxifying about it.

I started out with a juicing for 7 days. I did lose weight, it did help my sugar cravings. However, I did have a few side-effects. If you use it as diving platform for making life changes you will probably find some lasting changes. However, if you expect juicing to cure all of your problems and be the cure to all of your weight problems, then you will experience some problems.

Good luck.

I have been juicing for 6 days now. I have a Big Boss juicer I bought at Walmart for $50 CDN. It works great. I did go a step further and put the juice and the pulp in my blender and pureed it all up - there is a lot of nutrients in the pulp. I add water to thin it down and have added garlic, parsley and salsa spice for a kick. It tastes wonderful. I also add some whey protein powder to it so that I have no lack of protein.

I feel fantastic and I love doing it. Once I have reached 140 lbs (8 more to go) then I will cut back on the juicing by eating one meal a day. I work a really hectic job and I cannot stop to eat, so drinking my nutrition is so much easier. I really have never felt better or had more energy.

I also drink one Shakeology nutrition shake for breakfast every day as it gives me 100% of all of my daily vitamins and 17 grams of protein so I don't need to worry about that either. Its GOOD!

I have been juicing for 6 days now. I have a Big Boss juicer I bought at Walmart for $50 CDN. It works great. I did go a step further and put the juice and the pulp in my blender and pureed it all up - there is a lot of nutrients in the pulp. I add water to thin it down and have added garlic, parsley and salsa spice for a kick. It tastes wonderful. I also add some whey protein powder to it so that I have no lack of protein.

I feel fantastic and I love doing it. Once I have reached 140 lbs (8 more to go) then I will cut back on the juicing by eating one meal a day. I work a really hectic job and I cannot stop to eat, so drinking my nutrition is so much easier. I really have never felt better or had more energy.

I also drink one Shakeology nutrition shake for breakfast every day as it gives me 100% of all of my daily vitamins and 17 grams of protein so I don't need to worry about that either. Its GOOD!

. . . But if you juice it, and then put the pulp back in with the juice in your blender . . . why not just blend it and skip the juicing?

I'm a bit of a nerd, so I do a lot of reading and digging to find out what people say about things like this. I've also heard several people in my life who have tried this share similar results. Among them are clearer skin and nails that aren't as brittle, and what appeals to me most- people have told me their "cognitive fog" had lifted. Large amounts of additives in foods from being processed and flavored and colored can make us feel a bit foggy (I definitely feel it!) and when we allow those to exit the body and replace them with things our body actually runs on, many times folks notice that they think more clearly and are more attentive and focused.

My idea of juicing is not to use it for weight-loss. Weight-loss is a byproduct of spending time juicing, but my primary method of weight loss is eating at a calorie deficit and incorporating cardio and strength training into my life. If I were to detox for a few days and then resume eating mostly plant-based, naturally occurring foods along with my physical activity, I can't imagine that I wouldn't feel better on the whole.

Hi, friend! Welcome to your new lifestyle -- your mind and body are definitely going to thank you for it!

However, the effects you're looking to achieve (better mental health, better focus, clearer skin, stronger nails) are not byproducts of nefarious chemicals in your food. Yes, you will feel better eating "wholesome" foods rather than processed foods. But a juicing detox will not cleanse you any better than a liter or two of water and a bunch of fiber, if you know what I mean. ;P

Another poster said it best: your kidneys and liver are pretty great at filtering junk out of your body and into your *ahem* waste! I can't find any studies supporting the theory of bioaccumulation of sucralose or its metabolites in the body.

Looking at ingredient lists can be really really scary. There's that adage people are living by now that goes something like "I don't eat anything that has an ingredient I can't pronounce." But if you look at the ingredients in whole, natural foods, you might be surprised!








I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's no need to be afraid that you've "built up" a bunch of "chemicals" in your body -- chemicals make up EVERYTHING that we eat, and EVERYTHING that we are. You are the product of billions of years of evolution and life -- your body is much better at flushing out "bad" things than you give it credit for.

It can be scary to think about how you've been abusing your body, fueling it with processed crap. But your body is amazing, you are literally made of stardust! It is so so so great that you are ready to embrace your body and fuel it with the good wholesome things that will make it run at peak performance!

Detoxing through juicing is not one of those things though Just eat a bunch of high fiber foods over the next few days and down a bunch of water and boy oh boy you will feel "cleansed" after that!


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I'll tell you why a juice only diet wouldn't work for me..

I like food, as much as eating healthily is satisfying, if I didn't eat anything that I really enjoyed I would fall off the bandwagon, no doubt about it.

Juice can be tasty but your still gonna crave those carbs and by restricting yourself and not allowing yourself to have them. I think it would be short lived.

I definitely think you should try and incorporate juice into your life though if its the only way you can get the goodness, but please eat meals too, even if its just one a day

So I've gathered (based on information posted here and links you guys have provided me with) that detoxing is a silly idea. Hey, that's cool, man. I'm just trying to be the best version of myself I can be and sometimes I'm wrong... possibly more than sometimes. Is the idea of juicing for the pure fact of getting such a large amount of veg in my day still such an abhorrent idea? Genuine question.

abhorrent - ok that word is way to big for me.. :-)